Mar 30, 2023 - Sale 2631

Sale 2631 - Lot 263

Price Realized: $ 3,120
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(PERIODICALS.) Group of 17 point-of-purchase posters from Johnson Publishing (Jet, Ebony, Copper Romance, and Tan). Posters on light board, most about 13 x 10 inches, the Tan and Copper Romance about 11 x 8 inches; minor wear, some with minor dampstaining. No place, 1947-1975 and undated

Additional Details

These posters were issued as advertisements at news stands by the Johnson Publishing empire. Included are:

3 posters for Jet: 1 October 1953 (featuring singer Joyce Bryant); 31 December 1953 ("Why Husbands Look at Other Women"), and 15 November 1956.

9 posters for Ebony: February 1947; October 1960; November 1963 on the March on Washington ("Biggest Protest March in History!"); August 1966 ("The Negro Woman"); January 1970; December 1972 on the blaxploitation genre ("The New Films: Culture of Con Game?"); August 1975 (Bicentennial special issue); and two undated posters.

One poster for Copper Romance, March 1954.

4 posters for Tan: May 1953; December 1953; January 1954; and August 1954 ("I Was a Streetwalker for 2,000 Nights").